Rail joint



J. L ZNAK.

RAIL JO INT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 41 1922- 1;414 ,450. v Patented May 2,1922.

John .J; ZnaK.

UNITED, STATES JOHN ZNAK, or BROUGHTQN, PENNSYLVANIA. j

AIL JOINT.

To all whom/it mag/concern: L Be it known that I,-JoHN J. ZNAK, 'a c1t1- zen of the United States,fresiding at Broughton, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements 111 Ball Joints, of which the followmg 1s a specificat on, ref

' .erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to rail joints and has for an important object thereof the provision of a rail joint whereby the abutting ends of rails may beconnected without the use of bolts and the like.

An important object of the inventionls to provide an improved device of this character which may be very cheaply produced and which is readily applied to the rails.

These and other objects I attain bythe construction and arrangement shown in the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration 1S'Sl1OWI1 a preferred embodiment .of invention and wherein like reference characters designate like parts throughout. V

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail joint constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of' Figure 1 and Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3of Figure 1. r V

Referring now more particularly to the drawings the numeral 10 indicates a plate adapted to be arranged upon a tie and pro vided upon the outer surface thereof with upstanding lugs 11, the lugs 11 being arranged in spaced rows and being preferably uniformly spaced. the rail sections R and R. are provided In the flanges F of the base thereof with open-' ings 11 through which the lugs 11 extend,

the lugs 11 being of greater length than the thickness of the base flanges.

The numeral 12 designates fish plates, one of which is adapted to be arranged upon each side of the rail which has its inner or" rail engaging face adapted to conform to the shaping of the rail so that it abuts beneath the shoulder s of the rail head .11 3

against the web W and against the flange The plates 12 are of such thickness that they Sp'ecificationof Letters Patent. i

i and the plates are The adjoining ends of Patented May 2,1922.

Application filed February 4, 1922, v Serial No. 534,075.

provided with notches 13 aligning with these openings. In the use of my device the fish plates are.

applied to. the opposite/sides of the adjoining rail ends and the'lugs" ofthe plate .10

forced through" the openings of the rail flanges and into the sockets of the fish plates.

These lugs being rigid, will maintain the fish plates in engagement against the sides of the rail webspreventingside play of the ra ls, and the engagement of the lugs in the ra l openings 1-1 will prevent longitudinal shifting or side play of the rail at; the base thereof. The plates 10 are preferably of greater width than the base of the rail and are provided in the sides thereof with openlngs 14 through which retaining spikes 15 may be engaged to secure the rails to the tie T.

From 7, the foregoing it is believed to be obvious that a rail joint constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly 7 well adapted to the use for which it is in? tended by reason of the fact that it may be readily and cheaply constructed and applied i and by reason of the fact-that it eliminates the necessity of using bolts in securing the fish plates.

It willfurthermorebe obvious 7 that the construction thereof as hereinbefore set forth is capable of some change and modificatlon without materially departing from the spirit of my invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to the specific structure thereof except as hereinafter claimed.

What I claim is: i

In a rail joint, the combination with adjoining ends of rails having openings formed through the base flanges thereof in spaced relation to the rail Web,'0f fish plates abut-ting the side faces of the web of adjoining ends of the, rails and provided in their outer faces. .with notches coinciding with the openings of of the base flanges and engaging in said notches, said plate'being of greater width than the railbase and being provided with openings through which retaining elements may be extended for engagement with a tie.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. I

JOHN J. ZNAK; 

